The purpose of the Kresge Foundation is to "promote the well-being of mainkind." The Foundation seeks to strengthen the capacity of charitable organizations to provide effective programs of quality. The foundation primarily makes challenge grants for building construction or renovation through its Bricks and Mortar Program. Grants are also given for the purchase of real estate and major equipment. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Proposals are being solicited by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Community Partners Program to improve the quality of life in the 26 communities, nationwide (including Miami), where the founders owned newspapers. The following are the foundation's 6 priority funding areas: education; well-being of children and families; housing and community development; economic development; civic engagement/ positive human relations; and vitality of cultural life. The foundation encourages interested organizations to send a one-to-two page letter of inquiry before submitting a proposal. Geographic eligibility and other guidelines are available on the foundation's Web site. Contact: Knight Foundation, Wachovia Financial Center, Ste. 3300, 200 South Biscayne Blvd, Miami, Fla. 33131-2349; (305) 908-2600. Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations. Deadline: open.
The mission of the FedEx Global Community Relations Program is to support the communities the company serves through financial contributions, in-kind shipping services and volunteer services of employees. The company's core giving areas include: Emergency and Disaster Relief; Pedestrian and Child Safety; and Education, with emphasis on technology, global economics, cultural diversity and programs that enhance learning. FedEx also provides support for Health and Human Services, primarily through the United Way and March of Dimes, with limited support for youth development organizations and others that meet basic human needs. FedEx is especially interested in supporting organizations that request 5% or less of the total project budget. The company also weighs the involvement of employees in groups that seek financial support. Applications may be submitted at any time.
Count Me In provides micro loans from $500 to $10,000 to women who are starting or growing their businesses. Your first loan must be $5,000 or less. Each time you repay a loan in full, you are eligible to borrow again from Count Me In. The interest rate on a Count Me In loan ranges from 10 to 15%. The rate will be adjusted to reflect your credit history, the risk of the business, and your prior experience. Rates will be established as part of the loan decision and will be set for the term of the loan. Priority will be given to applications for businesses that already exist, although occasionally loans are given for starting-up a business if the owner has significant related experience or other sources of funding available. Loans can be used for working capital, purchase of inventory or equipment, marketing materials for a sales event, or other uses that will help your business generate cash. A $25 application fee is required for processing loan applications.
The Economic Development Administration under this announcement, EDA solicits applications for the following programs under PWEDA: (i) Public Works; (ii) Planning; (iii) Local Technical Assistance; and (iv) Economic Adjustment Assistance. EDA will provide Public Works investments to support the construction or rehabilitation of essential public infrastructure and facilities necessary to generate or retain private sector jobs and investments, attract private sector capital, and promote regional competitiveness, including investments that expand and upgrade infrastructure to attract new industry, support technology-led development, accelerate new business development, and enhance the ability of regions to capitalize on opportunities presented by free trade. Eligible applicants: County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education. Total program award: $240,000,000. Application deadline: September 30, 2010.
The F.B. Heron Foundation is a private, grantmaking institution dedicated to supporting organizations with a track record of building wealth within low-income communities. The Foundation was created in 1992 with the mission of helping people and communities to help themselves. Towards this end, the Foundation provides grants to and investments in organizations that promote the following five wealth creation strategies for low-income families in urban and rural communities in the U.S.: advancing home ownership; supporting enterprise development; reducing the barriers to full participation in the economy by providing quality child care; increasing access to capital; and employing comprehensive community development approaches with a strong focus on the wealth-creation strategies. Eligible applicants include: nonprofit and community-based organizations. Award ceiling: various. Application deadline: ongoing.
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Economic Development Initiative (EDI) helps local governments manage and reduce this risk in at least two different ways. A local government may use an EDI grant to provide additional security for the Section 108 loan (as a loan-loss reserve or debt-service, for example), thereby reducing the exposure of its CDBG funds in the event of a default in loans made locally with the 108 funds. Or it may use this flexible grant to simply make the project more feasible by paying some of the project costs with grant funds or by reducing the interest rate to be paid from a revolving loan fund. Increasing access to capital for entrepreneurs and small business has emerged as a key component of the job growth strategy powered by the EDI grant program. Award ceiling: unspecified. Application deadline: September 22, 2011.
The Incumbent Worker Training Program is funded by the Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and administered by Workforce Florida, Inc. Through this program, Florida provides expense reimbursement grants to businesses for the purpose of providing skills upgrade training to currently employed full-time workers. All for profit Florida businesses that have been in operation for a minimum of one year prior to the application date, have at least one full-time employee, are financially viable and current on all state tax obligations are eligible to apply. Funding recommendations are generally made within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of a complete application. Application deadline: open contingent upon the availability of funding.
The National Association of Realtors Ira Gribin Workforce Housing Grants seek to provide state REALTOR foundations and associations with the resources and support to take the initiative to address workforce housing issues in their state. This initiative will also help broaden the public's understanding and appreciation of REALTORS commitment to their communities and to community-building activities. Workforce housing refers to safe, decent housing for working low- and moderate-income people who cannot afford to live in the communities in which they work. Workforce housing initiatives often focus on occupations that provide the bulk of vital services for communities - teachers, firefighters, police officers, nurses, health care workers - but these grants are also meant to assist a broader range of working people including, retail sales workers, restaurant workers, technicians, office workers, etc. The Ira Gribin Workforce Housing Grants will distribute funding directly to state REALTOR foundations and associations to promote workforce housing initiatives within their state. The Program will run from 2009-2010. States are eligible for funding in the following amounts: states with 5000 or less members will be eligible for $50,000; states with more than 5000 members will be eligible for $50,000 plus an additional $2 per member for each member over 5000. Application deadline: December 31, 2010.
The purpose of the Jewish Funds for Justice grantmaking program is to increase the scale and impact of progressive community-based organizing and advocacy efforts seeking to alleviate the root causes of poverty and the disenfranchisement of low-income people in the U.S. Among the grassroots efforts they support are affordable housing, immigrant rights and refugee justice, job creation, workers' rights, neighborhood revitalization, and quality public education. While they no longer accept unsolicited proposals or letters of inquiry, interested applicants located in the following cities: Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, New York City, Boston and the Gulf Coast region; may be invited to submit a proposal based on their Grantseeker Inquiry Form submittal, available online. Deadline: open.
The Key Foundation aims to improve the quality of life and economic vibrancy of the places where KeyCorp customers, employees, and shareholders live and work, including communities in Florida. Support is provided for all levels of financial education, promoting the understanding and effective use of financial services, as well as job creation and training programs that promote greater workforce selection. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
JPMorgan Chase Foundation makes grants to nonprofits in the following three areas: Community asset development; Youth education; and Community life. Through their Community Asset Development grantmaking program they support affordable and special needs housing programs; workforce training programs; programs that encourage small business development, entrepreneurship, and job attraction and retention; and financial education programs that help low-income adults join the economic mainstream. Only charitable, not-for-profit organizations as defined by section 501(c)3 of the IRS tax code are eligible to apply. In Florida, eligible nonprofits must reside in the following counties: Broward, Collier, Duval, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole and Volusia. Application deadline: open.
MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation are partnering for the ninth year to recognize, sustain, and share the work of innovative partnerships between community groups and police to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization. Cash grants will be awarded in two categories. Neighborhood Revitalization Awards (six awards of $15,000 to $25,000 each) will honor exemplary collaboration between community groups and police that yields crime reduction as well as economic development outcomes, such as real estate development, business attraction, and job growth. Special Strategy Awards (five awards of $15,000 each) will honor community and police partners who have achieved significant accomplishments in one of the following areas: applied technology; aesthetics and greenspace improvement; diversity inclusion and integration; drug market disruption; gang prevention and youth safety; and seniors and safety. Eligible applicants: Community organizations, community development corporations, police/sheriff's departments, community partnerships, Weed & Seed programs, and collaboratives comprising more than one of these elements. Public agencies (including police departments and public schools) must apply in conjunction with at least one nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that was a leading partner in the collaboration and will serve as a fiscal agent for award funds. Applicants must be U.S.-based. Award ceiling: Awardees will receive monetary grants ranging from $15,000 to $25,000 each. Case studies about award-winning partnerships will be disseminated throughout the community development and law enforcement industries. Application deadline: February 26, 2010.
The Lowe's Charitable & Educational Foundation is dedicated to improving the communities they serve. They make grants in two philanthropic focus areas: Community improvement projects and K-12 Public School Initiatives. The following community improvement projects will be considered for support: Park and neighborhood beautification and enhancements (flowers, trees, fresh paint, etc.); Building repair/renovation and landscaping enhancements of facilities serving the community; Community garden, park, or playground projects; Community clean-up initiatives; and Outdoor learning environments such as educational gardening programs. The Foundation provides funding only to 501(c) (3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations and public agencies in communities where Lowe's operates stores and distribution centers. An eligibility test is required and available online. Grants range from $5,000 to $25,000. Application deadline: open.
The Prudential Foundation provides grants focusing on education and economic development. The Foundation supports initiatives that strengthen public education. Emphasis is placed on systemic school reform; improving leadership skills for education stakeholders; increasing parental involvement and community engagement; providing opportunities for arts education and youth development programs; and ensuring that parents and caregivers have the resources needed to support the development of their children. The Foundation also supports initiatives that increase employment opportunities by strengthening job skills, creating jobs through business development, and promoting neighborhood development activities. Programs involve workforce development and increasing entrepreneurship through training and access to capital. In addition, the Foundation promotes creation of decent, affordable housing. The Prudential Foundation supports nonprofit, charitable organizations and programs whose mission and operations are broad and nondiscriminatory, or whose activities address social needs or benefit underserved groups and communities. Application deadline: ongoing.
This American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Federal Transit Administration grant opportunity seeks to provide funding to federally recognized Indian Tribes for public transportation capital projects for use in public transportation. Eligible applicants include: federally recognized Indian tribes or Alaskan Native villages, groups or communities as identified by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in the U.S. Department of the Interior. Award ceiling: $17,000,000. Application deadline: March 10, 2010.
The Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) of the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) announces the availability of funds and a request for applications to conduct research on operational issues about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program or FSP) and its support for the working poor. In particular, ERS seeks research that addresses: (a) operational issues regarding SNAP participation decisions and the dynamics of program participation among low-income households with workers; and (b) the interactions between receipt of SNAP benefits and State Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits, especially during the current recession. Ensuring SNAP participation among eligible households is a key SNAP management concern. Furthermore, prior research has shown that, as a group, eligible households with earners participate in SNAP at lower-than-average rates, and this behavior may carry over into periods of unemployment. Eligible applicants: State governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education. Award ceiling: $500,000. Application deadline: February 17, 2010.
The SBDC program is the SBA’s largest matching grant-funded service delivery network providing high quality business and economic development assistance to small businesses and nascent entrepreneurs in order to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity and management improvement. The SBDCs, in partnership with SBA’s Office of Small Business Development Centers (OSBDC) and SBA District Offices, develop programs and provide business management and other services that enhance the economic development goals and objectives of SBA and their other respective state and local funding partners. The SBDC program is a broad-based system of assistance for the small business community that links the resources of Federal, state, and local governments with those of the educational community and the private sector. Eligible applicants: Lead Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) for the specific purpose of providing programs and services for small businesses in communities suffering economic hardship attributable to the downsizing or closing of businesses or government facilities. Eligibility Explanation: An eligible candidate is an existing SBDC recipient organization currently funded under the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program. Award ceiling: $100,000. Application deadline: February 11, 2010.
State Farm is committed to meeting the needs of communities by focusing its giving in three areas: Safe Neighbors (safety), Strong Neighborhoods (community development), and Education Excellence (education). State Farm values the importance of keeping neighbors safe. Their funding is directed to: improving driver, vehicle, and roadway safety; shielding homes from fires, criminals, and natural disasters; supporting disaster preparedness programs and recovery services; and enhancing personal financial security. State Farm is committed to helping maintain the vibrancy and culture of neighborhoods in various communities throughout the U.S. and Canada. They demonstrate this commitment by supporting nonprofit organizations' programs that: make housing affordable; promote first-time homeownership; eliminate barriers to homeownership; educate homebuyers about insurance, loss mitigation, and homeownership; foster sustainable communities; and rehabilitate neighborhoods or communities. The following types of grants for K-12 public schools will be considered: teacher excellence programs that improve teacher quality; Service-Learning programs that integrate core classroom curriculum with service to the community; and programs that incorporate the Systemic Improvement criteria into education systems to improve overall effectiveness. Eligible applicants include: 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations; Canadian charitable organizations, educational institutions, and governmental entities. Award ceiling: unspecified. Application deadline: ongoing.
The Veterans Corporation is seeking applications for the first year of its Veteran Entrepreneurship Support grant initiative to support educational projects and organizations that address the entrepreneurial needs of veterans, including service-disabled veterans and members of the National Guard and Reserve forces, who are starting, growing, or preparing a small business for deployment. Grants will be awarded in three program categories: 1) Education; 2) Veteran Outreach; and 3) Service-Disabled Veteran Assistance. Proposed projects should be proactive and collaborative endeavors that leverage additional support and serve as catalysts for long-term changes in the veteran entrepreneurial community. Award ceiling: $50,000 over 6-month or 12-month periods. Deadline: open.
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